Editorials

OPINION: The power of student protest

Charlie Needles | Mar 1, 2018

High school students from all over Florida are staging walkouts to have their voices heard across the nation. Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were under attack by a 19-year-old shooter...

OPINION: Shootings will not stop until both sides of the gun debate come to the table

Charlie Needles | Feb 23, 2018

The flames of angry 2nd Amendment defenders and rallying cries for change from victims, survivors, their families, and the concerned are crowding the political atmosphere due to the recent shooting...

OPINION: Larry Nassar deserves his sentence, #MeToo movement still making progress

Charlie Needles | Feb 1, 2018

Dr. Larry Nassar was sentenced last week to up to 175 years in prison for multiple counts of sexual misconduct. The defamed sexual abuser, who was an athletic physician at Michigan State University and...

How to weave through ASUN uncertainty

Nick Blank | Aug 25, 2016

UNF is anchored in college basketball mediocrity — and you can blame the conference. Envision the ASUN as an inescapable pit. At the bottom are good teams trapped in small-conference stagnation like...

The empty chair

Connor Spielmaker | Apr 13, 2016

UNF has lost 11 students this year, and Managing Editor Connor Spielmaker discusses the implications for those of us left behind.

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Editorial: Why we do what we do

Connor Spielmaker | Feb 4, 2016

Connor Spielmaker, Managing Editor of the UNF Spinnaker, talks about the reasons behind how stories are covered and published.

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Letter from the Editor: April

Katie Tison | May 23, 2014

From April 2014 issue, former Editor-in-Chief Kate Tison discusses the romanticized idea of The College Experience and UNF's attempts at upholding those ideals at the cost of what may be more beneficial for the institution.

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Letter from the Editor: March

Katie Tison | May 20, 2014

From March 2014 issue, former Editor-in-Chief Kate Tison explains Spinnakers dynamic as a 24-hour multimedia news organization.

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Letter from the Editor: February

Katie Tison | May 16, 2014

From the February 2014 issue, former Editor-in-Chief Kate Tison opens up about her personal anxieties and battles with depression--a brokenness that many college students share.

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Letter from the Editor: January

Katie Tison | May 13, 2014

From January 2014 issue, former Editor-in-Chief Kate Tison talks about her work experience in all the levels of Spinnaker content.

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Showing our work: the determinants of your magazine (Part 2).

Jacob Harn | Sep 5, 2013

Many people were either unsure of or against Spinnaker Print's transition to a magazine. The missives between current, and a past Spinnaker editor in chief, shed light on the transition and display a change of opinion from someone who cares dearly about the publication.

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Showing our work: the determinants of your magazine (Part 1).

Jacob Harn | Sep 5, 2013

As the spring 2013 semester wound down, myself and Spinnaker Print Art Director Joey Taravella, made a decision: We would begin researching the possibility of transforming the print publication into a magazine. The pertinent survey questions and a smattering of responses are reproduced here.

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